Re:GPT-4
by oska on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @07:27PM
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> If you ask ChatGPT how it does this, it says "I break down the problem into its component parts, apply relevant mathematical rules and formulas, and then generate a solution".
You are (naively, I would suggest) accepting the LLM's answer for how it 'does' the calculation as what it actually does do. It doesn't do the calculation; it has simply generated a typical response to how people who can do calculations explain how they do calculations.
You have mistaken a ventriloquist's doll's speech for the 'reasoning' of the doll itself. An error that is being repeatedly made all through this thread.
You are (naively, I would suggest) accepting the LLM's answer for how it 'does' the calculation as what it actually does do. It doesn't do the calculation; it has simply generated a typical response to how people who can do calculations explain how they do calculations.
You have mistaken a ventriloquist's doll's speech for the 'reasoning' of the doll itself. An error that is being repeatedly made all through this thread.